Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-09-20
WORKINGMEN!
Rssd the Republican State Platform Re.
fore You Cast Your Vote.

Road sh. Republican state Platform Be-
fore You Cast Your Vote.
The first two planks of the Republican
state platform are of interest to work
ingmen
l. We are IN favor of protective
tariff, tu secure to American citizens the
privilege of supplying every article which
can be produced as well in the United
States rs in other countries, and sufficient
To supply American wants. Such a tariff
makes demand for and gives employ
ment To the labor of American citizens,
and thereby aids in securing Just com
pensatiou for labor. We denounce the
Ohio Democratic platform Of IA tariff for
revenue only, and which demands an in
discriminate reduction in all duties on
imported articles, the effect of which
would be To encourage importations, thus
giving American patronage TO foreign
producers and foreign labor rather than
to our own.
? While we adhere TO the public policy
under which our country has received
from Europe great bodies Of honest. in
dustI !ous citizens who have added to the
wealth, progress and power of our coun-
try, and while we welcome to our shores
the well disposed and industrious emf
grant who contributes by his energy and
intelligence to the cause of free govern
ment, we view with alarm unrestricted
immigration from foreign lands as dan
gerous TO the peace and good order Of the
country, and the integrity and character
of its citizenship. We urge congress to
pass such laws and establish such regu-
lations as shall protect us from the in
road of the anarchist, the communist,
the polygamist. the fugitive from Justice,
the insane, the dependent paupers, the
vicious and criminal classes, contract
labor in every form under any name or
cuise; and all others who seek our shores,
not to become IA part of our civilization
and citizenship, who acknowledge no al
legiance 10 our laws, no sympathy with
our aims and institutions, but who come
among us To make war upon society, to
diminish the dignity and rewards of
American workinGmen and degrade our
labor 10 their level. Against all these
our gates should be closed But while
favoring every honorable and practical
measure to protect American labor against
the evil effects Of foreign Immigration
and competition, We recognize also the
dangers which menace il at home. and
condemn as hostile to its cause and sub
versive of its dignity and power, the bold
and persistent usurpation in many OF the
states of its political rights and privileges
The condition of the men who labor in
the north cannot be maintained or i'm
proved 81 long as the men who labor in
the south are wrnngfully deprived Of the
rights and powers of American citizen
ship. Their labor meets in close and i'm
mediate competition, and neither can be
degraded without striking at the pros
perity and independence of the other
Recognizing these plain truths We de-
mand Il free ballot and a fair count in all
sections of our country. We demand it
and will ever demand it as the only
source of justice To the real producers Of
prosperity and wealth, and the sole Sc
;urity Of the Republic and its free insti-
.utions.